CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Coventry East
CANDIDATE : Meek
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. T. B. Meek, born in 1921, was the youngest of the nine candidates contesting Coventry’s three seats. Educated at Oxford, he served with the R.A.F. as pilot, and is a personnel manager.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Croydon North
CANDIDATE : Prentice
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. E. Prentice, a 26-year-old student of economics and political science, was in the Royal Artillery during the war with the rank ot captain, and served in North Africa and jtaly. Afterwards he resumed his studies at London University. He was married in 1948. «e is a member of Croydon Borough Council.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Derby North
CANDIDATE : Wilcock
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Gp. Capt. C. A. B. Wilcock is an engineer, aged 52, and was educated at St. Dunstan’s College and Reading University. He has had a long service in the R.A.F., and served in the Army and the R.F.C. in the first world war, retiring in 1946. He formed the first R.A.F.V.R. squadron in 1937. He has financial interests in civil aviation and was a member of the Labour Party group on that subject. He belongs to the Fabian Society. He was elected as one of the two Labour members for Derby in 1945.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dudley
CANDIDATE : White
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. B. S. White, manufacturer and farmer, is chairman of the West Midland Liberal Federation, a member of the party’s ” shadow cabinet” and of the London executive. Formerly a builder and fireplace manufacturer, in 1937 he began farming in Worcestershire, [n the last war he did experimental work for the Ministries of Supply and Food.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Eccles
CANDIDATE : Sharp
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. Sharp belongs to the Manchester area. He was born in 1902 and began work at the age of nine as a half-timer. He became a full-time worker in the food business when 13, and to-day has a large catering business and many directorships, chiefly in foodstuffs and transport. Since 1941, he has been a member of Manchester City Council.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Exeter
CANDIDATE : Horabin
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. T. L. Horabin represented North Cornwall in the last Parliament in the Liberal interest until 1947, when he joined the Labour Party. He first entered Parliament in 1939. He was educated at Cardiff High School, and started his career in the Civil Service, later becoming a business consultant.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gosport and Fareham
CANDIDATE : Borrow
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. E. W. Borrow, aged 46, is chairman of the Havant and Waterlooville urban district council. He is a farmer.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrow West
CANDIDATE : Syrett
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. P. M. Syrett, who is 30, was educated at Stowe and Cambridge and spent two years in the University of Paris. He is a past president of the Cambridge University Club. He served as a captain in the Welsh Guards in the last war and was mentioned in dispatches.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hendon South
CANDIDATE : Sargant
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. T. Sargant, born in 1905 and a manager of a firm of non-ferrous metal merchants, was a Liberal until 1931 and contested a North Portsmouth by-election in 1943 and the East Hants division in 1945 as a Commonwealth candidate. He joined the Labour Party in 1945, and later was vice-chairman of the Hampstead Labour Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Huddersfield East
CANDIDATE : Smith
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. W. Smith has taken a prominent part in trade matters on behalf of his fellow Yorkshire coal merchants. He was for a time ” Uncle John ” in the Northern children’s hour of the B.B.C., and also a member of a concert party. He served with the 57th Division in the 1914-18 war, and in the second world war with the Huddersfield Civil Defence organization.
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